Lee Bailey Email & Phone Number

Paris, Fr

London, United Kingdom

· Lead external communications for non-partisan policy institute/NGO that helps citizens in resource-rich developing countries to benefit from the extraction of hydrocarbons and minerals and to navigate the energy transition· Built communications operation from scratch, establishing editorial and media relations processes, content standards, online presence and strategy; NRGI has since moved from unranked to among the top ten in its category in global think tank perception index· Provide strategic communications counsel to senior management · Lead global communications team, including full-time staff and contractors· Collaborate with advocacy staff to transmit messaging, leading to policy change and expanded engagement with stakeholders· Oversee media relations, securing repeated mentions in news and placement in commentary sections of major outlets including The Economist, Financial Times, Wall Street Journal, Guardian, National Public Radio, Bloomberg, Reuters and BBC· Supervised reset of social media platforms, achieving significant expansion of audience, including 700 percent organic growth in Twitter audience and quadrupling of Facebook following· Direct the publication of reports, blog posts and impact stories, including supervision of copy editors and designers; have managed more than 700 articles of content through to publication.· Contribute to organizational strategy as member of institutional leadership team; founding member of diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) action group· Support program team events in multiple countries, including two conferences at Oxford University and the global launch of the Resource Governance Index; event elements have included webcasts, press and speaker relations. · Managing website relaunch and visual rebrand (due June 2023)· Produce video content using animators and videographers· Write commentary/op-eds· Facilitate communications learning activities for all program staff; authored communications handbook

Greater New York City Area

· Created and executed public relations strategy for Swiss multinational that develops disease-control technologies for use in low-income settings in Africa, Asia and Latin America· Handled journalists and shaped stories, including supervision of field-based reporting in Kenya· Advised CEO on media engagement, external relations, and corporate-level thought work· Innovated new formats for explanation of company’s carbon-financed water initiative in western Kenya· Represented company, with colleagues, at global fora including World Bank World Water Day,COP 17 (Durban) and Rio+20· Wrote speeches and op-ed pieces for CEO· Authored annual CSR report and UN Global Compact communication on progress

Greater New York City Area

Greater New York City Area

· Managed UN media relations for office of Special Envoy President William J. Clinton and Deputy Special Envoy Dr. Paul Farmer; provided briefing for both in advance of press encounters· Drafted speeches and talking points for the Special Envoy and the Deputy Special Envoy· Drafted and edited communications products including web content and reports· Supervised engagement with digital design firm to relaunch office web site· Liaised with donor relations specialist to communicate aid tracking data to journalists; educated journalists about aid tracking and contributed to an improvement in accuracy of reported aid figures· Traveled to Port-au-Prince to aid in preparation for meetings of the Interim Haiti Recovery Commission, and handled related inquiries from Haitian and international press· Liaised with Department of Peacekeeping Operations staff on general matters and the collection of political and security inputs to briefing notes

Greater New York City Area

· Created content for BCPR web site; wrote news items and success stories, and commissioned interactive features including dynamic maps and slideshows· Communicated bureau achievements in conflict prevention, mine action, armed violence prevention, economic recovery, gender equality and empowerment, disaster risk reduction and recovery, peacebuilding, and the demobilization, disarmament and reintegration of ex-combatants· Produced multimedia (video and audio) segments for placement on web site; interviewed UN staff and others for multimedia segments· Monitored developments in a portfolio of countries for inclusion on website· Drafted talking points and speeches for Director Jordan Ryan; drafted crisis-related remarks for high-level officials including UNDP Administrator Helen Clark and UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon· Managed media relations for the bureau director and technical experts; liaised with journalists from major international publications and wire services· Developed strategic communications recommendations· Prepared and edited content for the bureau’s annual report· Edited and proofed external partners’ documents (e.g., sections of the UNDP annual report, the Government of Haiti’s earthquake post-disaster needs assessment)· Liaised with UNDP’s Office of Communications and provided crisis-related inputs to UNDP corporate-level communications products

Published in The Evening Standard (UK), The Boston Globe, The Village Voice, The National (UAE), The Washington Times, The New York Times, The Times (UK), The New York Observer, Maxim, WWD, DNR, Scoop, and other titles; and on web sites including NewYorkTimes.com, The Huffington Post, and Style.com.

Supervised publication of special issues and supplements. Managed contributors, art directors, and copy trafficking.

Developed business plans for entrepreneurs seeking venture capital funding; clients in the biotech and fashion industries

Advised senior management of Fortune 500 companies on negotiation and alliance strategy; clients in the pharmaceutical, media/entertainment, insurance and financial services industries

Master Of Science (Msc), Development Studies, High Merit

Activities and Societies: LSE Rowing Club; ongoing volunteer support to LSE Careers (speaking to students interested in my field.

Ba, History, French, Cum Laude

Activities and Societies: Benjamin Franklin Scholar, Penn Rowing, Penn History Review (editor)